Baird uproar puts lawyer in delicate situation

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Former Attorney General-designate Zoe Baird and her husband consulted immigration lawyer Thomas Belote for advice about how to handle their employment of illegal aliens as household help, and Baird's testimony to this effect before the Senate Judiciary Committee has put Belote in an unwelcome spotlight. Belote feels that this testimony contained some inaccuracies, saying he was not consulted for advice until months after the Peruvians were hired. He has been advised not to respond to the inaccuracies because of attorney-client privilege.

Practice, Testimony, Illegal immigrants, Belote, Thomas, Baird, Zoe

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Verdict trends in 1995 disregard the clamor: congressional tort revision uproar has had little effect

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Trends in large jury verdicts seem to ignore the debate over tort reform in Congress and elsewhere, with 1995 figures down for libel, legal malpractice, and personal injury cases. Amounts awarded for medical malpractice, wrongful death, and products liability rose, while few intellectual property cases went before a jury. Fewer massive verdicts were awarded than in recent years and none topped $1 billion. In all, the top 10 totaled $3.14 billion. Many were reduced or reversed, usually with relatively little fanfare.

Verdicts, 1995 AD

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Courts continue to face delicate fair-use issues; the line between plagiarism and criticism is fine, so suits abound

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Courts appear well able to balance the needs of original authors with those of critics and society in general in determining fair use. Litigation over fair use is frequent, because original creators are naturally sensitive to unfair use and because many uses are critical of the original. Courts recognize and use a four-part test for whether partial or complete unauthorized use of an original text constitutes fair use or plagiarism, but in rendering a final decision they seem to use instinct and apparent equity.

Cases, Plagiarism, Fair use (Copyright), Fair use (Copyright law), Criticism

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